1st comment in a while

this album .. wow

well I can see why jay made the comment about it being an unclaimed child right now
it sounds like.. tons of albums mixed together...
a few songs sound strong..
but most are.... well.. frankly overdone.. and dont sound like BR more like the neo epi bands lol

I cant wait to hear it but..
if devil in stiches is the best single.. and resist-stance seems the best sounding song.. they just pulled a movie preview... showing the best parts

most of these songs esp near the end sound idendtical .. and arent very fast.. wondering how this will sound live

the lyrics on some of it are pretty bad...and resembles again neo bands
repeat 2 -4 words over n over n over..
add YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA in the back! yea!

"this is where the fun is" seems interesting..
and its odd that br has a way of making the fast songs 1st and then ending on the better songs ..

but this sounds.. ODDDDDD..
its def a new era for BR...
fellas... BR has now moved on .. we will call this The NEW NEW ..NEW bad religion
chart of eras
ye ole' / classic/ old gen/mid gen/new gen/ WTF jen are you still there?
80-85/suffer-atg/gen-stf/grey-ns/tpob-nmoh/TDOM-??? into the unknown.. pun intended

and no ive not been drinking im nervous.
hope someone understand my era chart..
we had this discussion once before in a thread. I dont want to look for it :(

bottom line
I have a bad feeling for this album
but as long as they rock it live.. screw the studio mix
resistance sounded nothing like that live.. so IM PRAYING neither will the others

so i also think it's a bit slow.

but it's faster than recipe for hate i think and it really sounds a bit like recipe for hate - so i'll be waiting for the whole album and i'm sure that it will be a great album :D

Ufff, yes is really slow, but hey, if I still own Recipe for hate, this won't be that bad

Guests wrote: Aww... Im realy let down atm... i was realy hoping something faster, i mean come on just listen many of these songs are pop. Just listen I Wont Say Anything...

But it's Graffin! Hey, I can't deny it, but i won't say anything. Hey, i can't deny it but I wont say anything unless you ask it right!. C'mon it's a great song.

Aww... Im realy let down atm... i was realy hoping something faster, i mean come on just listen many of these songs are pop. Just listen I Wont Say Anything...

posthc wrote: cant wait to have my japan limited copy

Same.

cant wait to have my japan limited copy

FINALLY...I COULD NO LONGER WAIT FOR A BIT OF IT...!

No appetizers please. Just some soup thanks.

It reminds me "Out of Hand"

I couldn't resist so I listened to them, and let's say I'm not so worried about this album as I were before. It was pretty good. I know The Resist Stance will be my favorite for a long time cuz I'm already so addicted to it, but now I also have a feeling I'm gonna love Someone To Believe.

paulb wrote: Day The Earth Stalled sounds excellent and will be amazing live....CLEARLY!

Agreed. Does anybody else think this song sounds really similar to Sinister Rouge?

wooohno wrote: First: I don’t think that BR needs smart-alecky songwriting advice from anyone, they will do what THEY want to do whether you like it or not

You're right, they don't. We're fans though, we can voice concerns if we want. That's the point of a message board.

Lerxt wrote: TheMatrix31 wrote: Avalon is the clear stand-out, in my opinion. Agreed.

To me, that's Only Rain. Most of the rest is kind of predictable, and there's some really uninspired songwriting.

Won't be listening to it.. Easily... "Make no mistake, there's no compromise!"

First: I don’t think that BR needs smart-alecky songwriting advice from anyone, they will do what THEY want to do whether you like it or not (at least that’s my guess + I like that).
Second: Lyrically, my fave album is still: The Gray Race
Third: Musically, I love what I hear + I’m starting to like TNA right now = haha (process of shift of opinion?, just temporary? Maybe, maybe not)!

HomerSapien wrote: Wow... The Dissent of Man doesn't seem to be very promising at all.

THAT is a euphemism! Somehow Bad Religion hardly ever - with few exceptions - understood that a song (let alone an album) does not have to be soft and slow in order to be experimental... plus, these lyrics are seriously HORRIBLE at times (those that aren't, are disappointing at best).

For crap's sake, just send out the pre-orders early.

Day The Earth Stalled sounds excellent and will be amazing live....CLEARLY!

Wow... The Dissent of Man doesn't seem to be very promising at all.

Modern man, i agree. I love the faster stuff, and the slower an album is the less i like it. I feel like NMOH will be hard to top because its so heavy and fast, and i love what i've heard from the new album, but im afriad that what i've heard is already the best on the album

TheMatrix31 wrote: Avalon is the clear stand-out, in my opinion.

Agreed.

i think ad hominem is going to be epic

Avalon is the clear stand-out, in my opinion.

Otherwise, judging by the samples, I'm worried about how "light" it is.

With only 7 more days until the record comes out Im not going to listen to the samples. Although I am tempted to to check out Wont Somebody.

früchtekeks wrote: Guess which one reminds me of Markovian Process? :)

Which one? i don't want to listen to the samples again. i know that ad hominem definitely has the Watch It Die.

I must admit, from the samples, it does sound like quite a "poppy" album. But the MELODIES!!! They're some of the best and most interesting i've heard from the band yet. I'm looking forward to this one very much. And anybody wondering whether to view the samples or not... DON'T DO IT!!! They are EVIL and you will regret it just like I do :(

NOOOOOOOOO! I have to resist...

Guess which one reminds me of Markovian Process? :)

In my opinion these samples sound quite promising, although this is probably not gonna be my favorite BR-album. Looking forward to Only Rain, and I like the rhythm at the beginning of that Cyanide-sample!

Thanks for posting!

modern man wrote: some aint, come on, 'this is where the fun is' repeated over and over and over, they can do better than that.

but that's just the sample. we won't know until they release the song/lyrics.

i can barley wait sounds amazing!!

Won't Somebody sounds awesome!

some aint, come on, 'this is where the fun is' repeated over and over and over, they can do better than that.

modern man wrote: yeah I love gregs voice but I pefer it when he's singing a punk rock song and more stimulating lyrics.

You don't think the lyrics are stimulating?

I can't believe the last 5 songs of the album are so slow, in fact the majority of the album is slow, I prefer the faster paced stuff and theres only 5 or 6 here, no other bad religion album has 5 slow ones on the bounce, thats gotta be a first?

yeah I love gregs voice but I pefer it when he's singing a punk rock song and more stimulating lyrics.

modern man wrote: on 2nd listen its worse lol ahhhhhhhh, duznt sound like the bad religion I fell in love with thats for sure!

The fact that it's so different is exactly why I like it, but really it's still recognisable BR.

modern man wrote: just listening to those samples I'm kinda disappointed, a lot of slow poppy stuff, only a few proper punky songs,

Honestly, I think that what makes me like Bad Religion is Gregs Voice. Any song i hear with him singing I enjoy, whether it's slow or fast. And in this album, his voice sounds absolutely amazing. If Brett was the lead vocalist of the band(i heard the generator/STF demos) I wouldn't like Bad Religion at all.

on 2nd listen its worse lol ahhhhhhhh, duznt sound like the bad religion I fell in love with thats for sure!

just listening to those samples I'm kinda disappointed, a lot of slow poppy stuff, only a few proper punky songs, and lookin at the lyrics so far that are up I can't say there's anythin great, a lot of dumbed down stuff for the kids to sing along too, hopefully on hearing the full album it wont be so lame.

haribo_1988 wrote: I allowed myself to listen to two songs, one from each half of the album. I chose Meeting.. and I Won't Say... - me happy. Now it's countdown time

Same here, I listened to a few of the songs, but that's it. I just need to hear the fucking album all together, start to finish.

hmm its really hard to get the full picture of the song by listening to 30 sec...

I allowed myself to listen to two songs, one from each half of the album. I chose Meeting.. and I Won't Say... - me happy. Now it's countdown time

simian wrote: By the way, I LOL'd at the memory of listening to the 30 second sample of 52 Seconds.

lol i'm going to go listen to that now.

By the way, I LOL'd at the memory of listening to the 30 second sample of 52 Seconds.

Hmm, I can wait. The album should leak in a few days, and I'd much rather listen to that than 30 seconds. I agree with Neil - the 30 second clips of NMOH took something away from that experience of listening to the whole album for the first time.

Yep, I'm gonna wait.

Day The Earth Stalled reminds me a LOT of Sinister Rouge.

Neil Davis wrote: I think i ruined my experience of NMOH listening to the 30 second samples on Amazon first.

yeah that.

Plus, there must be a leak now...

vna000 wrote: For now, my favorites are "The Day That The Earth Stalled" "Won't Somebody" and "Meeting of the Minds". However, this could change when I listen to the entire album.

meeting of the minds sounds very promising

For now, my favorites are "The Day That The Earth Stalled" "Won't Somebody" and "Meeting of the Minds". However, this could change when I listen to the entire album.

I think i ruined my experience of NMOH listening to the 30 second samples on Amazon first.

I might listen to one sample at most.

Robo Pilgrim wrote: HugeFanOfBadReligion wrote: No! It'd be one thing to ruin the album by listening to a leak on my crappy computer speakers, or even just on a burned CD but on good speakers (as opposed to vinyl for the first time), but it'd be even worse to ruin it by only listening to thirty seconds of songs on my crappy computer speakers! Get better computer speakers. Problem solved.

It's still just a 30 second teaser though, still ruins the album in my opinion. And I don't really have crappy computer speakers, but they are crappy computer speakers compared to my actual sound system.

I wanna hear Ad Hominem so baaaaad. sorry Anesthesia.
the sample sounds so good.

HugeFanOfBadReligion wrote: No! It'd be one thing to ruin the album by listening to a leak on my crappy computer speakers, or even just on a burned CD but on good speakers (as opposed to vinyl for the first time), but it'd be even worse to ruin it by only listening to thirty seconds of songs on my crappy computer speakers!

Get better computer speakers. Problem solved.

you can't possibly lose your interest in a song in 8 days by just listening to 30 seconds of it.

damnit! i have to stay strong now.. i wanna hold a cd in my hand the 28th without having heard it already. this is a test! stay strong, stay strong, stay strong.

I have to try to avoid this until I get the album...
Maybe...

Jesus christ.... should I wait 9 more days or...

No! It'd be one thing to ruin the album by listening to a leak on my crappy computer speakers, or even just on a burned CD but on good speakers (as opposed to vinyl for the first time), but it'd be even worse to ruin it by only listening to thirty seconds of songs on my crappy computer speakers!